Best of BS Opinion: Stressing stability, freebies in a prosperous state

Here is the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for today

polls and freebies
Illustration: Binay Sinha
Rajesh Kumar New Delhi
1 min read Last Updated : May 10 2023 | 6:15 AM IST
The Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC), headed by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, this week deliberated the need for having more early stress indicators to enable regulators to identify potential problems and deal with them in time. In this context, our lead editorial notes that since India has no control over how things unfold in advanced economies, it needs to remain prepared.  Read here

In other views:
 
Promises of free cooking gas and job reservations in Karnataka show how political discourse even in a relatively rich state is unchanged, writes AK Bhattacharya Read here

Unilever has successfully demonstrated how virtue can be sustained over generations in enterprise, writes R Gopalakrishnan. Read here

Quote
 

“Seizures totalling more than Rs 375 crore recorded so far in the ongoing Karnataka Assembly Elections.”
 

Election Commission of India



More From This Section

Topics :BS OpinionKarnatak bypollsIndia’s financial systemUnilever

First Published: May 10 2023 | 6:15 AM IST

Next Story